I'm starting to feel that way, myself! :) Kevin
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of inode0 Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 2:19 PM To: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Tikanga) discussion mailing-list Subject: Re: [rhelv5-list] how to handle "echo" ? On 7/6/07, Collins, Kevin [MindWorks] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, it isn't the behavior we have seen. It NEVER executes the external > command! If it finds an external command before it gets to /bin in > $PATH, it executes the internal echo in "att mode" otherwise it uses > "ucb mode". > > If it _were_ executing the local command, there would be NO difference > in behavior, because the external echo command does not expand backslash > escapes by default. I can't speak for anyone else following along but I am thoroughly convinced now that one simply should not ever use echo in a ksh script. :-) John _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
